Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Gowlane South, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gowlane South
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.00342, -8.75245
- SMR number
- CO050-093003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a levelled rath (CO050-093001-). This souterrain was discovered in 2000 when a large stone was displaced causing the ground to collapse into a stone-built chamber. The resulting opening (1.32m x 1.05m) allows easy access to a rectangular chamber (4m NE-SW; 1m NW-SE; H 1.45m). The walls of the chamber are lined with roughly coursed stones and it is roofed with seven lintels. Five lintels remain in situ and two have fallen into the chamber. At the NE end of the chamber is a creepway (Wth 0.47m; H c. 0.5m), roofed with a single lintel, and blocked with collapsed stones.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.